I see her eyes water in tormented beauty,
I hear her softly sobbing breath choke
As I gently whisper in her ear words: ‘I love you’
I can feel the beating heart that they broke.

Stripped and pinned down for lust’s cruel purpose,
Wolves oblivious to her anguished cries
As they ravaged the flesh of a still bleeding angel,
Lords of sin, fevers, plagues and flies.

As they finished their savage carnal passion play,
After each defiler had played his part.
Bloodied, numbed, shamed and torn as I found her,
A sight to turn men to hate from art.

So here we both lie in a still loving embrace,
I can never let her see my tears,
Bled empty and white by the comfort I give her
As she quietly cries away her fears.